A North Andover man is facing criminal charges after authorities say a search of his home yielded an arsenal of more than 30 weapons, large-capacity ammunition feeders, and homemade explosives. Daniel Medina, 64, was arraigned Wednesday in Lawrence District Court on charges including five felony counts tied to being a felon in possession of a […]
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Ukraine is killing Russian missiles with hand-me-down air defense weapons the US retired decades ago
Ukraine is operating US-made Hawk air-defense systems from the 1960s. Though the US retired these tools decades ago, Kyiv is now using them to kill Russian missiles. One Ukrainian operator recently praised the effectiveness of the antiquated system. The Ukrainians are using an American-made air-defense system that the US retired from service more than two […]
Supreme Court sidesteps new several new gun cases, including challenge to state assault weapons ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sidestepped a new set of Second Amendment fights Tuesday, declining to hear a challenge to an assault weapons ban in Illinois and sending other gun cases back to lower courts, including a challenge to the law used to convict Hunter Biden. The moves came after the justices upheld a […]
GOP Rep. Victoria Spartz charged with weapons violation at Dulles Airport
Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., has been charged with weapons violation at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority confirmed to NBC News on Monday. The spokesperson, who said Spartz was charged Friday, cited a section of Virginia law tied to the dangerous use of firearms or other weapons, […]
Inside Ecuador’s war on black-market weapons
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – The gun – a 9-milimeter pistol – blazed a violent trail even by the standards of one of Ecuador’s most dangerous neighborhoods, the Nueva Prosperina precinct of Guayaquil. Shell casings from bullets fired by the weapon, recovered at the scenes of 27 separate violent incidents, were linked to 34 […]
Hezbollah has the weapons to carry out its threat against Cyprus
The leader of the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon threatened the Republic of Cyprus. Hezbollah has a vast arsenal of missiles and drones to carry through on its threat. Hezbollah may be using Cyprus as a “stand in” to threaten Greece, a regional expert said. The leader of the powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon threatened the […]
Staffers at Crossroads Brooklyn detention center smuggled in weapons and drugs: feds
Five youth development specialists at a Brooklyn juvenile detention center were charged on Wednesday with smuggling weapons, drugs and other contraband in exchange for bribes, officials said. By sneaking in and distributing the dangerous contraband into the Crossroads Juvenile Center in Brownsville, the city employees violated their sworn duty and destabilized the detention center while […]
Myanmar junta still able to access weapons and money overseas, says UN expert
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – International efforts to isolate Myanmar’s ruling junta appear to have dented its ability to purchase new military equipment from overseas, but the military is still able to access money and weapons for its war against anti-coup forces, a U.N. expert said in a report published on Wednesday. Myanmar has […]
Foreign diplomats tour Beirut airport after weapons claims
Senior Lebanese officials on Monday defended procedures at Beirut airport during a tour for journalists and diplomats, a day after a British daily alleged Hezbollah was storing weapons at the facility. The accusations came during escalating exchanges of fire and bellicose rhetoric between Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement and Israeli forces, which have engaged in near-daily fire […]
Russian saboteurs burned down a Berlin factory to hit weapons supplies to Ukraine. Just one problem — the facility made car parts.
A massive fire at a factory in Berlin last month was set by Russian saboteurs, per WSJ. They were targeting the flow of arms to Ukraine, the outlet reports. But the factory, owned by Diehl Metal, makes parts for cars and electrical systems, not weapons. In early May, scores of German firefighters massed at a […]
Russian saboteurs burned down a Berlin factory to hit weapons supplies to Ukraine. Just one problem — the facility made car parts.
A massive fire at a factory in Berlin last month was set by Russian saboteurs, per WSJ. They were targeting the flow of arms to Ukraine, the outlet reports. But the factory, owned by Diehl Metal, makes parts for cars and electrical systems, not weapons. In early May, scores of German firefighters massed at a […]
Russia could reduce decision time for use of nuclear weapons, lawmaker says
By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia, the world’s biggest nuclear power, could reduce the decision-making time stipulated in official policy for the use of nuclear weapons if Moscow believes that threats are increasing, parliament’s defence committee chairman said. The war in Ukraine has triggered the biggest confrontation between Russia and the West […]